KUANTAN: The diesel supply in the country is more than sufficient and the occasional shortages at some petrol stations are due to illegal diversions by syndicates, according to Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Hasan Malek.
He said the ministry found that subsidised diesel (priced at RM2 per litre at the pump after a Government subsidy of about 80 sen) had been channelled by syndicates to some factories that were not entitled to use subsidised diesel.
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